EC2906 Macro Public Reading Group
A reading group in Macro and Public Economics organized by Emmanuel Farhi and Stefanie Stantcheva. In Spring 2019, we focus on wealth and capital taxation, misallocation, and declining dynamics.
We meet Wednesdays 6-7 pm in M-17.
For group logistics and joining the mailing list, please contact the student organizer, Robert Siliciano.
For past reading groups and materials, go to: Classes
Class Materials:
Schedule and Reading List
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Feb 27 | Feldstein, Martin. 1978. "The Welfare Cost of Capital Income Taxation." Journal of Political Economy, 86(2): 29-51. Bulow, Jeremy and Lawrence Summers. 1984. "The Taxation of Risky Assets." Journal of Political Economy. 92(1): 20-39.
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Mar 6 | Saez, Emmanuel and Stefanie Stantcheva. 2016. "A Simpler Theory of Optimal Capital Taxation." NBER Working Paper 22664. Saez, Emmanuel. 2002. "The Desirability of Commodity Taxation Under Non-Linear Income Taxation and Heterogeneous Tastes." Journal of Public Economics. 83(2): 217-230.
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Mar 13 | Guvenen, Fatih, et al. 2017. "Use It or Lose It: Efficiency Gains from Wealth Taxation." Working paper.
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Mar 27 | Decker, Ryan, et al. 2018. "Changing Business Dynamism and Productivity: Shocks vs. Responsiveness." NBER Working Paper 24236.
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Apr 3 | De Loecker, Jan, et al. 2018. "The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications." Working paper.
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Apr 17 | Hopenhayn, Hugo, et al. 2018. "From Population Growth to Firm Demographics: Implications for Concentration, Entrepreneurship and the Labor Share." NBER Working Paper 25382.
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